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To: Valueman who wrote (1120)11/30/1998 3:08:00 AM
From: SidStock  Read Replies (1) of 2693
 
Valueman,

I can find info on only 9 failed (ie tumbling) satellites. The
original 7 already reported from iridium (ie 11, 20, 21, 24, 27, 44,
71). Additionally now 14 and 79 have been seen tumbling. I could
not find explicit data on 48, 32, and 69. The following table does
show 69 as not at operational altitude (could this be a spare?):

wingar.demon.co.uk

I'de say the most worrisome data from the failed birds is that IR14
has recently failed. This would point to systematic failure bugs and
not just an infant failure. Especially if this failure is
related to the momentum wheel circuit board problem, which we
were lead to believe is only an infant problem.
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